Simon Yam

Lara Croft, Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)

Lara Croft, Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)
Rating: ★
Nov 21, 2003Videogame Adaptation
The first Tomb Raider film was empty-headed but a hit but the series was then killed off by this sequel. Angelina Jolie's performance is detached from human emotion and the action sequences ludicrous
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The Midnight After (2014)

The Midnight After (2014)
Rating: ★★
Oct 8, 2014Last People on Earth
Reminiscent of The Quiet Earth, this concerns a bus of people who end up in a deserted Hong Kong, The film seems unsure whether it is comedy or drama, while it creates an intriguing mystery about what is happening only to leave it unanswered in a frustratingly abrupt ending
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Phantom of the Theatre (2016)

Phantom of the Theatre (2016)
Rating: ★★
Feb 19, 2017Chinese Version of The Phantom of the Opera
A fascinating Chinese version of The Phantom of the Opera, transplanted from a Parisian opera house of the 19th Century to a film being shot in an abandoned theatre in the 1930s. On the other hand, this version makes the most radical changes to the story of any of the Phantom films
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